TY - BOOK AU - Rowlandson,Mary White TI - Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson AV - E011 PY - 1997/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Rowlandson, Mary White, approximately 1635-1711 KW - King Philip's War, 1675-1676 KW - Lancaster (Mass.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 KW - Massachusetts -- Biography KW - Indian captivities -- Massachusetts N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Narrative_of_the_Captivity_and_Restoration_of_Mrs._Mary_Rowlandson; Release date is 1997-03-01; Produced by An Anonymous Volunteer, and David Widger; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson" by Mary Rowlandson is a memoir published in 1682. During King Philip's War, Rowlandson and her three children were captured by Native Americans after an attack on their Massachusetts settlement. Held for ransom for eleven weeks, she endured injury, separation from her family, and the death of her youngest daughter. Her account of survival, faith, and eventual release became one of America's first bestsellers and a foundational example of captivity narratives. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/851 ER -